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Milky way in Caldera De Taburiente Nature Park, La Palma Island, Canary Islands, Spain

Sky Matters: Find a dark site on a cloudless night — to change your sense of place in the universe

Human space travel won't always be the preserve of the elite but until then there are other ways to experience the dramatic beauty of space

Sun, 02 Feb, 2025

Christmas in Earth orbit, astronaut in outer space. Vector.

SkyMatters: Looks like acid rain, dear — if you're having Christmas on Venus

A science-based look at what Santa's working conditions might be on other planets besides Earth

Mon, 02 Dec, 2024

Skymatters: March is a good month to catch views of the planets Venus and Jupiter

Dr Niall Smith looks to the stars for the Spring

Mon, 06 Mar, 2023

Sky Matters: Looking ahead to the night skies of 2017

THERE was a lot of talk about “supermoons” in 2016, a phenomenon which happens when the full moon happens to coincide with the moon being closer to the earth in its non-circular orbit.

Mon, 19 Dec, 2016

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Sky Matters: Find a dark site on a cloudless night — to change your sense of place in the universe

SkyMatters: Looks like acid rain, dear — if you're having Christmas on Venus

Skymatters: March is a good month to catch views of the planets Venus and Jupiter

Sky Matters: Looking ahead to the night skies of 2017

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Mick Clifford

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Sky Matters: Find a dark site on a cloudless night — to change your sense of place in the universe

SkyMatters: Looks like acid rain, dear — if you're having Christmas on Venus

Skymatters: March is a good month to catch views of the planets Venus and Jupiter

Sky Matters: Looking ahead to the night skies of 2017

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Mick Clifford

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